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Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

1/16/23, 5:34 PM

Replies: 13

Great Lakes Traditional Sprints - 2023 Schedule

Views: 4,990

Posted By Whit11B

Silver Bullet did take down their "no keg beer"...

Silver Bullet did take down their "no keg beer" sign a couple years ago so you can probably bring whatever you want now. It is the ultimate Michigan track, sandy, slick, and slow. Probably be a...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

1/12/23, 3:55 PM

Replies: 60

Chili Bowl so far.

Views: 14,517

Posted By Whit11B

I've heard of drivers even catching the sure lock...

I've heard of drivers even catching the sure lock style shifter handle on their arm restraint. I haven't thought about it before but some models of belts have a velcro flap attached to the belt...

Forum: Sprint Car Classifieds

7/19/22, 2:12 AM

Replies: 1

2008 Bullet Sprint Car Chassis

Views: 2,019

Posted By Whit11B

Sold.

Sold.

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

4/29/22, 9:24 AM

Replies: 13

Sprint car racing... How does one get back in?

Views: 3,040

Posted By Whit11B

Detroit is about 1.5hr from Fremont in Ohio,...

Detroit is about 1.5hr from Fremont in Ohio, which is the closest track for you. What kind of sprint car racing are you looking to do?

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

3/22/22, 9:13 AM

Replies: 17

Hoosier Tires

Views: 5,226

Posted By Whit11B

Economy of scale. They produce mostly medium and...

Economy of scale. They produce mostly medium and H's for right rears. Left rears they have to produce H, RD, D, wing/nonwing etc in a bunch of different sizes. Stopping production to change over...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

1/11/22, 2:27 PM

Replies: 8

Larson Eagle?

Views: 3,232

Posted By Whit11B

EMI is Eagle, Schnee, Henchcraft, and Stallard...

EMI is Eagle, Schnee, Henchcraft, and Stallard chassis companies that have all merged together with Speedway. The Eagle by Silva are chassis built to Paul Silva's specs by Eagle. Last I knew...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

7/24/21, 10:58 AM

Replies: 4

Front trosion arm question non-wing

Views: 1,077

Posted By Whit11B

The angle broached arm moves the contact point...

The angle broached arm moves the contact point out 2 inches on the axle. You'll need to run a stiffer bar with the straight arm.

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

1/7/20, 5:21 PM

Replies: 8

FAST on Dirt 410 Wing Sprints - 2020 Schedule.

Views: 2,826

Posted By Whit11B

Don't forget there is the new Great Lakes Crate...

Don't forget there is the new Great Lakes Crate Series. Which will be trying to book wing and nonwing shows in addition to their late model series.

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

1/17/19, 9:12 PM

Replies: 11

JJ Yeley DQ'ed from Chili Bowl Heat race

Views: 5,061

Posted By Whit11B

From the Chili Bowl website Attention Teams ...

From the Chili Bowl website
Attention Teams

In compliance with our contract with the Tulsa Fairgrounds, ALL participants MUST run fuel purchased from Simons Petroleum at the Event. This fuel,...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/20/18, 10:33 PM

Replies: 2

Hartford Speedway (ahem) "Update"?

Views: 1,481

Posted By Whit11B

The track's Facebook page has a statement about...

The track's Facebook page has a statement about this. The track is not sold and the Dibbles plan to keep ownership/promoting the track. The only reason that the track was put up for sale was due to...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

4/23/18, 12:33 PM

Replies: 3

Waynesfield 4/21/18

Views: 2,071

Posted By Whit11B

Steve is sore but doing alright. First night...

Steve is sore but doing alright. First night driving in seven months and he misjudged trying to work inside Westfall, clipping the infield tire. Not the preferred method for knocking the rust off. ...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

1/20/18, 11:12 PM

Replies: 0

Jim Hettinger

Views: 1,386

Posted By Whit11B

Jim Hettinger

Wanted to let everyone know long time racer Jim Hettinger received the Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club's Eddie Sachs Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award. Jim and his family were on hand to recieve the...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

10/13/16, 9:46 PM

Replies: 27

Silver Crown

Views: 8,740

Posted By Whit11B

Definatley Hartford. Kinda wish they would look...

Definatley Hartford. Kinda wish they would look at adding a couple more big half size tracks. Always thought it would be interesting to see them at Martinsville or Bristol also.

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

4/15/16, 6:56 PM

Replies: 4

Interesting use of auto racing as a teaching tool

Views: 1,981

Posted By Whit11B

http://www.courierpress.com/news/education/making-...

http://www.courierpress.com/news/education/making-the-grade/hebron-students-use-sprint-cars-indy-500-to-apply-stem-to-the-real-world-2ffa7890-af74-4c9a-e053-010-375748381.html

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

4/8/16, 12:58 PM

Replies: 11

30 Year DLM converts to Sprints

Views: 5,906

Posted By Whit11B

1) wedge refers to the cage being taller in the...

1) wedge refers to the cage being taller in the rear than the front, giving it a sloped look.
2) a 5bar car is built with the sway bar tube as part of the chassis. This uses 4 torsion bars and a...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

4/23/15, 12:44 AM

Replies: 9

SOD Opener this Saturday at Crystal

Views: 3,634

Posted By Whit11B

Is that Irwin? She's the one who's married to...

Is that Irwin? She's the one who's married to Steve Irwin who runs nonwing in Michigan and Ohio right?

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

3/1/15, 12:52 PM

Replies: 5

Birdcages Wing and Non-wing

Views: 6,061

Posted By Whit11B

The distance between the radius rod and torsion...

The distance between the radius rod and torsion arm bolt points. Nonwing are usually further apart.

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